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Incident Management Team and Crews Manage East Coast Low Impacts

Source: Northern Beaches Council

Posted: 30 Nov 2018

This week Councilís planning, logistics, intelligence and public information experts established a central incident team to monitor conditions and crews worked quickly to address any impacts of the east coast low which hit the area as well as broader Sydney this week.

The Management Team was established on Tuesday following the Severe Weather Warnings for rain, wind, swell and flooding issued by the Bureau of Meteorology. Hundreds of staff were deployed on the ground, working across the Northern Beaches, alongside other emergency services responding to localised flooding, fallen trees and debris.

Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan has commended the swift response by the incident team and crews on the ground responding to this 1-in-100 year weather event.

“We have learnt many lessons from the severe storms that lashed our coastline in 2016.

“As normal practice for extreme weather warnings we now establish an Incident Management Team with a highly experienced and specifically trained staff to manage any impacts from a central location in a highly coordinated and integrated way.